Chapter IV · Buildings and Construction

ARTICLE 7. MOBILE HOME PARKS

Sections 4-701 to 4-714 · 14 sections

4-701 Finding of public necessity.

It is hereby found that in order to protect and promote the public health, morale, convenience, safety and welfare, and to preserve the appropriate character of each area within the sound principals of the zoning ordinance, it is necessary to provide for the licensing, regulating, permits, and fees for the location and operation of mobile home parks within the City of Moundridge, Kansas.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-702 Definitions.

For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:

(a)“Dependent Mobile Home” — shall mean a mobile home which does not have a flush toilet and a bath or shower.

(b)“Independent Mobile Home” — shall mean a mobile home which has a flush toilet and a bath or shower.

(c)“Licensee” — shall mean any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home park under the provisions of this article.

(d)“Mobile Home” — shall mean all vehicles used, or so constructed as to permit being used, as conveyances upon the public streets or highways, and duly licensable, as such, and constructed in such a manner as to permit occupancy thereof for human habitation, dwellings or sleeping places for one or more persons; provided, that this definition shall refer and include all portable contrivances used or intended to be used generally for living and sleeping quarters and which is capable of being moved by its own power, towed, or transported by another vehicle.

(e)“Mobile Home Park” — shall mean any park, court, camp, lot or tract or plot of land, or any site whereon mobile homes as herein defined are placed, located or maintained, or intended to be placed, located or maintained, whether for or without compensation, and shall include all buildings used or intended to be used as a part of the equipment thereof.

(f)“Mobile Home Space” — shall mean a plot of ground within a mobile home park which is designed for and designated as the location for only one mobile home, and not used for any other purpose whatsoever, other than the customary accessory use thereof.

(g)“Person” — shall mean any natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, whether tenant, owner, lessee, licensee, or agent.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-703 Permit.

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain a mobile home park within the city unless such person shall first obtain a permit from the Governing Body. Every applicant for a permit to maintain or operate a mobile home park shall file with the City Clerk a written application stating the name and address of the application, and the location of said mobile home park, naming the owner, proprietor, or manager of said park, and stating the sanitary facilities of said park. The person filing said application shall be the person in charge of said mobile home park, and shall be responsible for its upkeep, maintenance and sanitary condition. Any change in management or a mobile home park shall be registered with the City Clerk by the new manager.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-704 Application fee.

Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of $5.00, together with a diagram showing the location of streets, the location of electrical outlets, water outlets, sewer outlets, and the location of garbage and trash collection facilities.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-705 Application for permit.

Before any permit as required by Section 4-703 may be issued for a mobile home park, there must be a recommendation from the Planning Committee approving the site, location, design and lay-out of the mobile home park.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-706 Non-conforming use.

All existing mobile home parks, spaces or areas not meeting the requirements of this article shall be declared non-conforming, and shall not be permitted to add spaces, or make any improvements inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this article, and any such non-conforming mobile home park, space or area, which is not operated for a period of three months, shall not re-open until the conditions of this article shall have been first complied with.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-707 Mobile home park plan.

The mobile home park shall conform to the following requirements:

(a)Shall be located on a well drained site, properly graded to insure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.

(b)Each mobile home space shall have a minimum of 2000 square feet and shall be clearly defined and marked.

(c)Mobile homes shall be harbored on each space so that there shall be at least a 15 foot clearance between mobile homes.

No mobile home shall be located closer than 15 feet from any building within the mobile home park or from any property line bounding the mobile home park. No mobile home shall be located closer than 30 feet to a public street.

No mobile home shall be located closer than 15 feet from any building within the mobile home park or from any property line bounding the mobile home park. No mobile home shall be located closer than 30 feet to a public street.

(d)All mobile home spaces shall have adequate access to a driveway of not less than 20 feet in width, which shall have unobstructed access to a public street or highway, and the sole vehicular access shall not be by any alley and all dead end driveways shall include adequate vehicular turning space or cul-de-sac.

(e)Off-driveway Parking shall be maintained at a minimum ratio of 1 1/2 car spaces for each mobile home space.

(f)All driveways and walkways within the mobile home park shall be all-weather surfaced, properly maintained, and adequately lighted at night.

(g)One or more playgrounds shall be provided which are easily accessible from the mobile homes without encountering traffic hazards.

(h)No dependent mobile home shall be permitted to occupy any space in a mobile home park.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-708 Boundary barrier.

The owner of the mobile home park shall construct and maintain, or cause to be constructed and maintained, an artificial barrier between the mobile home park area and abutting private property, which artificial barrier shall be not less than four feet high and constructed of either masonry, wood, or heavy woven wire with a metal reinforcing pipe across the top thereof.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-709 Utilities.

The owner of the mobile home park shall be responsible for the payment of all utility services provided by the city within the mobile home park. Such utility services shall be billed at commercial rates.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-710 Skirting.

It is recognized that a mobile home may be placed, located or maintained in a mobile home part on an indefinite time basis, and whenever a mobile home has been placed, located or maintained in a mobile home park for a period of 10 days and is not to be removed therefrom immediately, the owner or person in charge of said mobile home shall cause a shield or skirting to be attached to and placed around said mobile home so as to hide and cover up the underneath portion of the mobile home.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-711 Sanitation.

A mobile home park must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times, and it shall be unlawful for a holder of the permit for any mobile home park to permit or allow the accumulation of any trash, junk or garbage in said mobile home park.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-712 Registration.

The holder of the permit for a mobile home park shall require all persons living in the mobile home part to register in a book kept for that purpose. Said holder of the permit shall keep a record of the permit shall keep a record of the name, address, the car license number and make thereof, of each occupant of the mobile home park, such record to be open for the inspection of law enforcement agents at any and all reasonable times.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-713 Revocation of permit.

If the Governing Body of the City shall determine upon inspection that the sanitary condition of the mobile home park shall have become so unsanitary as to endanger the health of occupants thereof or the surrounding area, or that the sanitary facilities have become inadequate to properly protect the occupants, the Governing Body shall require the owner or manager within 10 days to place the park in proper sanitary condition. If upon notice from the City to the owner or manager, the owner or manager of the mobile home park shall fail or refuse to place the same in proper sanitary condition, the Governing Body of the City shall revoke the permit.

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)

4-714 Location of mobile homes.

It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or occupy a mobile home in the City outside of a licensed mobile home park, except as hereinafter specifically permitted, to-wit:

(a)No mobile home shall be maintained or occupied until said mobile home shall be construed as having been converted into a permanent structure subject to all requirements of the building, electrical, plumbing, gas and sanitary codes, and zoning ordinances of the City.

(b)No mobile home shall be maintained or occupied until said mobile home is resting upon a permanent foundation.

(c)It shall be unlawful for any person to rent, lease or otherwise allow the use of any tract, lot, or parcel of ground within any residence district, for the purpose of parking a mobile home, unless said persons obtain the signed consent of all residents property owners within a 100 foot radius of said tract, all subject to compliance with Subsections (a) and (b).

(Ord. 507; Code 2012)